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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “metalinguistics” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
metalinguistics2011147(None) 
metalinguistic19141861metalinguistic_
paralinguistics2071493paralinguistics
extralinguistic2581384extralinguistic_
linguistics1452984____linguistics
paralinguistic1971874paralinguistic_
linguistic1354465____linguistic_
nonlinguistic1662555_nonlinguistic_
crosslinguistic2081086crosslinguistic_
linguistical1572736____linguistical
linguists1045746____linguist__s
malignities1464876m__ali_gni_ties
melanistic1445876me__lan__istic_
melioristic1554506me__li_oristic_
meningitic1552896me__ning_i_tic_
meningitis1352726me__ning_i_ti_s
mentalistic1555986mental____istic_
metalanguages1761366metalangu__ages
metalists11412666metal____ist__s
metallists1266716metal___list__s
metallurgists1661376metallurgist__s
sociolinguistic2081506sociolinguistic_

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024228.09311741.5
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691228.45221141.9
 
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